Yeovil Junction
Yeovil Junction 
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| Location | |
| Place | Yeovil |
| Local authority | South Somerset |
| Coordinates | 50°55′29″N 2°36′48″W / 50.9247°N 2.6132°WCoordinates: 50°55′29″N 2°36′48″W / 50.9247°N 2.6132°W |
| Grid reference | ST570141 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | YVJ |
| Managed by | South West Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.207 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.198 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.212 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.215 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.222 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Salisbury and Yeovil Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1860 | Yeovil Junction opened |
| 1864 | Clifton Maybank opened |
| 1908 | Station rebuilt |
| 1937 | Clifton Maybank closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Yeovil Junction from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Yeovil Junction railway station is the busier of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in England. The station is outside the town in the village of Stoford; although Yeovil is in Somerset, the station was in Dorset until 1991. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1860 on its London Waterloo to Exeter line now known as the West of England Main Line, 122.6 miles (197 km) south west of London. Today it is managed by South West Trains, and is also the home of the Yeovil Railway Centre.
The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway (S&YR) opened the final part of its line from Sherborne on 1 June 1860. Near Bradford Abbas it crossed over the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line of the Great Western Railway (GWR) on a bridge, then ran alongside it and the Yeovil Branch Line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) to reach that company’s terminus at Hendford, on the west side of Yeovil. Just a few weeks later, on 19 July, the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened its Yeovil and Exeter line. This left the S&YR at Bradford Abbas Junction and crossed over the GWR line to its own station at Yeovil Junction, and then continued on towards Exeter Queen Street. The station was a junction because another line led back to join the S&YR at River Junction, so trains could run from Exeter direct to Hendford (the terminus was moved to a joint B&ER/LSWR Yeovil Town railway station from 1 June 1861). The original eastwards connection from River Junction to Bradford Abbas was closed in 1870, after which most main line trains only called at Yeovil Junction where passengers could change onto a connecting train for the short journey to Yeovil Town. The LSWR operated all trains over the S&YR and bought the smaller company in 1878.
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